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The virtuous psychiatrist : character ethics in psychiatric practice / Jennifer Radden, John Z. Sadler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Radden, Jennifer, author.
- Sadler, John Z., 1953- author.
- Series:
- International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry.
- International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychiatric ethics.
- Psychiatry--ethics.
- Ethical Theory.
- Professional Role.
- Virtues.
- Medical Subjects:
- Psychiatry--ethics.
- Ethical Theory.
- Professional Role.
- Virtues.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 240 pages)
- Other Title:
- Character ethics in psychiatric practice /
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The context for this interdisciplinary work by a philosopher and a clinician is the psychiatric care provided to those with severe mental disorders. Such a setting makes distinctive moral demands on the very character of the practitioner, it is shown calling for special virtues and greater virtue than many other practice settings.
- Contents:
- Psychiatric ethics as professional and biomedical ethics
- The distinctiveness of the psychiatric setting
- Psychiatric ethics as virtue ethics
- Elements of a gender-sensitive ethics for psychiatry
- Some virtues for psychiatrists
- Character and social role
- Case studies in psychiatric virtues.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045284-6
- 1-282-77601-0
- 9786612776014
- 0-19-974922-1
- OCLC:
- 556970827
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